Word: parred
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...should prove sustained. There will be front-page articles for a week. Bishop Manning will refuse to prosecute. Clarence Darrow, trial lawyer and atheist par excellence will delight in protesting against charges of inducing to riot. Lindsey, a bit chastened, will contend that his indignation at being accused by the Bishop of writing "the most filthy, insidious and cleverly-written piece of propaganda ever published in behalf of lewdness, promiscuity, adultery and unrestrained sexual gratification" carried him away. The 3500 will continue behaving as well-groomed and decent citizens. The limelight will bestow its honors on everyone connected with...
Bland was the captain of the University soccer team and this is the second year he has been chosen as an all-collegiate center. Nies ranks him "on a par with the best center half backs of recent years." Catinella has also been a mainstay on the team, which is in line for Intercollegiate championship...
Owners of bank stocks are liable for a 100% assessment on the par value of their shares. It has never been decided whether a holding company's shareholders are also liable, although the consensus is that they are not. Last week BancoKentucky Co. was faced with being held for double the par value of its holdings in its two biggest banks. Probably to obtain cash for this contingency it sold its stock in two Cincinnati banks. An indictment of this situation is found on the Chicago Stock Exchange where BancoKentucky which sold at $34¼ last year has dropped...
...difficulty-getting distance. At the national championship at the Los Angeles Country Club last month they were hitting drives and irons as far as most middling-handicap men players. Last week the Women's Committee of the U. S. Golf Association made a new standard of what is par, basing their estimate on the way the competitors played at Los Angeles. Holes of more than 500 yd. used to be par six for women. Now they are par five. The new standard is: Up to 200 yd.-par 3. 201 to 375 yd.-par 4. 376 yd. and over...
...retention of its rights to the Rogers Building, the Cambridge School of the Drama is to have its experimental theatre. Although the apparatus to be installed will be removable to permit the biweekly marches, the installation is at least a material stimulus towards placing the local school on a par with other institutions...